To:V. A. KARPINSKY

Written:Written later than September 27, 1914Published:First published in 1929 inLenin Miscellany XI.

      Sent from Berne to Geneva.

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Ihave had your postcard, and hasten to reply. Wait
a little: we shall let you know about what can and should
be done regarding what you (and we)
desire.[1]Don’t forget,
by the way, that legality here is now of a special kind:
have you spoken about this with the friends at Lausanne?
Be sure to have a talk with them.

Weremain at Berne. The address is Donnerbühlweg 11a.
Uljanow.

Asregards a lecture, I don’t know yet. I shall have to
think it over, and consult in greater detail. How many
people could be counted on where you
are?[2]

Allthe best. Greetings from all.

Yours,Lenin

P.S.It might, perhaps, be better to give a talk about
the critique and my anti-critique. Two words nevertheless:
one cannot on formal grounds defend the scoundrelly
chauvinism of the Germans. There were bad resolutions, there
were some that were not bad; there were declarations of
both types. But there is a limit to everything!And it has
been overstepped.We cannot be patient, we cannot be
diplomatic we must revolt against shameful chauvinism with
all our strength!!

[1]Leninrefers to the plans for publishing the central organ of the
R.S.D.L.P.,Sotsial-Demokrat(see Note 105), and illegal Bolshevik
literature.

[2]Leninwas to lecture on “The European War and Socialism”. He did so
in Geneva on October 15, 1914.